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Featured Article:  Educational Guidance

Educational Guidance, the helping of persons to do better in their studies and to select courses and schools that will be fitted to their tastes and abilities. See more »

Academic Freedom

Academic Freedom, the right of teachers, especially in colleges and universities, to seek knowledge and present their findings without interference.

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Audio-visual Instruction

Audio-visual Instruction, the use of teaching materials and techniques that do not depend mainly upon the printed word to convey meaning.

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Commencement

Commencement, the closing exercises of the school year, when diplomas are given and degrees conferred.

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Education

Education, the process by which people's abilities and talents are developed. Education, in this broad sense, is also everything that is learned and acquired in a lifetime: habits, knowledge, skills, interests, attitudes, and personality.

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Educational Guidance

Educational Guidance, the helping of persons to do better in their studies and to select courses and schools that will be fitted to their tastes and abilities.

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Exceptional Children

Exceptional Children, in education, girls and boys who deviate from the average range of aptitude or adjustment.

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Federal Aid to Education

Federal Aid to Education, in the United States. The United States government spends several billion dollars annually to provide greater educational opportunity to all academic levels as well as to improve the quality of education.

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Fulbright Scholarship

Fulbright Scholarship, a scholarship granted by the United States government as part of its program to promote international understanding.

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Home Economics and Management

Home Economics and Management, the study of the science and art of homemaking.

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Hornbook

Hornbook, an early English primer. It consisted of a sheet of parchment or paper mounted on a panel of wood and protected with a covering of transparent horn.

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Laboratory School

Laboratory School, an elementary or secondary school that emphasizes the trying out of new teaching methods and materials.

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Land-grant Colleges and Universities

Land-grant Colleges and Universities, public institutions of higher education in the United States that were endowed by the federal government with public lands.

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Literacy

Literacy, the ability to read and write. Illiteracy is the lack of this ability; the term is generally applied only to persons older than 14 or 15 years.

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MacArthur Fellowships

MacArthur Fellowships, annual monetary awards granted to exceptionally creative individuals who have shown the potential for making major breakthroughs in their fields.

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Marshall Scholarships

Marshall Scholarships. Great Britain established a fund in 1953 to provide scholarships for United States citizens to study at any British university of their choice for up to three years.

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Montessori Method

Montessori Method, a method of teaching designed for children from birth to 12 years of age.

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National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC)

National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC), a nonprofit organization founded in 1955 to conduct the National Merit Scholarship Program.

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Phi Beta Kappa

Phi Beta Kappa, an honorary scholastic society. Members are chosen from undergraduates who distinguish themselves for scholarship while studying liberal arts or sciences at colleges having high academic standards.

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Quizzes

Test your knowledge of a variety of subjects with fun quizzes in our most popular categories: Auto, Computer, Electronics, Health, Science and more!

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Rhodes Scholarships

Rhodes Scholarships, a fund established in 1902 under the will of Cecil John Rhodes to maintain scholarships at Oxford University, England.

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